Columbus Crew SC earned their second win over the Chicago Fire in four days with a 3-1 scoreline Sunday in MAPFRE Stadium.

The match was a wild one, with three goals scored in the opening 16 minutes and multiple controversial referee decisions along the way. But it was the typical faces of Kei Kamara, Ethan Finlay and Federico Higuain who made the difference for Columbus.

Columbus Crew SC scored their first road win of the season as they overcame a spirited Chicago Fire side 1-0 on Wednesday, the first of two meetings between the two this week.

Gregg Berhalter’s side (7-7-6, 27 points) now climb to second in the Eastern Conference, eight points adrift of leaders D.C. United, while Frank Yallop’s Fire (5-10-3, 18 points) remain rooted to the foot of the table with their fifth home defeat of the season in front of a crowd of 14,092 at Toyota Park.

Goals from Dominic Oduro and Marco Donadel in the game’s first eight minutes halted Montreal’s three-game winless run and handed Columbus their first MLS loss in more than a month. Oduro added his second of the game with 10 minutes remaining.

Adrian Heath was as good as his US Open Cup word as his full-strength Orlando City SC team put paid to a makeshift Columbus Crew SC lineup in a 2-0 victory Tuesday night in a round-of-16 matchup.

City cruised through to the quarterfinals on the back of goals by skipper Kaka and young Colombian ace Carlos Rivas, but Gregg Berhalter’s Crew SC made them battle all the way in a wide-open second half that saw plenty of goalmouth incident.

There was no shortage of excitement between Real Salt Lake and Columbus Crew SC on Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium.

But despite a bevy of chances that included a combined 21 shots and a red card for the home side, the two teams played to a 2-2 draw. Tony Tchani and Ethan Finlay scored goals for Columbus, while RSL received contributions from forwards Olmes Garcia and Sebastian Jaime.

Despite conceding a goal just seconds into the match, league leader Kei Kamara's fourth brace of the season gave Columbus Crew SC a much-needed 2-1 win over the the New England Revolution Wednesday night in MAPFRE Stadium.

The win was the first for Crew SC since their 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders May 9, ending a six-match winless streak and giving the club "revenge" they still sought for a devastating 7-3 aggregate loss in last year's MLS Cup Playoffs.

After talking about the "intense" matchup in the days leading up to the match, neither team wasted any time getting on the board.